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Myxomycetes ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Myxomycetes - the class of true slime molds; essentially equivalent to the division Myxomycotaclass Myxomycetesclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersdivision Gymnomycota, division Myxomycota, Gymnomycota, Myxomycota - slime molds; organisms having a noncellular and multinucleate creeping vegetative phase and a propagative spore-producing stage: comprises Myxomycetes and Acrasiomycetes; in some classifications placed in the kingdom Protoctistaacellular slime mold, myxomycete, plasmodial slime mold, true slime mold - a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes |
Myxomycetes
Myxomycetes[‚mik·sə‚mī′sēd·ēz] (biology) Plasmodial (acellular or true) slime molds, a class of microorganisms of the division Mycota; they are on the borderline of the plant and animal kingdoms and have a noncellular, multinucleate, jellylike, creeping, assimilative stage (the plasmodium) which alternates with a myxameba stage. Myxomycetes
Myx·o·my·ce·tes (mik'sō-mī-sē'tēz), A class of fungi containing the slime molds, which occur on rotting vegetation but are not pathogenic for humans. [myxo- + G. mykēs, fungus] Myxomycetes (mīk″sō-mī-sē′tēz) [Gr. myxa, mucus, + mykes, fungus] In one system of taxonomy, a class of fungi, the slime molds, which do not cause diseases in humans. This class is equivalent to the subkingdom Myxomycota in another system of taxonomy. Myxomycetes Related to Myxomycetes: MyxomycotaSynonyms for Myxomycetesnoun the class of true slime moldsSynonymsRelated Words- class
- division Gymnomycota
- division Myxomycota
- Gymnomycota
- Myxomycota
- acellular slime mold
- myxomycete
- plasmodial slime mold
- true slime mold
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